Automatically-adjustable embroidery guide



Sept. 25, 1928.

1,685,194 A. J. FORSETH AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE EMBROIDERY GUIDE Filed May 5, 1924 ALBERT JFORSETH- 15' tion.

Patented Sept. 25, 1928. 7 it UNITED 'israras earnerioreiggi ALBERT J. FORSETH, F GRAND FORKS, NORTHIJAKOTA,.ASSIG1\IOR TO B; F. GILBERT, T I OF FORT ORTH, TEXAS. a

JAUTOMATICALLY-ADJUSTABLE EMBROIDERY GUIDE. I Application filed May 5, 1924." Serial No. 711,082.

My invention relates to sewing machine attachment is provided with a guiding member; tachinents and more particularly to an em- 6 for receiving the embroidery thread 7. The broidering dev'1c e;and tllG-ObJQClZlS toprovide grinding member 6 is bent downwardly to simple device which may be attached to the form a groove 8 to receive the thread 7. In-

presser-foot of a sewing nachine and which is cidentally, the curved guidemember-S forms adjustable .to any press'er foot of ordinary an adjusting means to align the attachment construction and by which embroidering can with theslot at of the Presser-foot. The atbe speedily and efficiently accomplished. tachment thus automatically adjusts itself to Other objects and advantages will be fully the resser-foot when it is placed on the 10 explained in the following description and longer toe- 2. The threadwill run through the invention will be more particularly the groove 8 and on through the slot 4 of the e i t d t'j th j i 1 presser-foot. The attachment is, provided Reference is had to the accompanying with anadditional guide finger 9'which forms drawings which form a part of this applicaan entrance throat for guiding the thread 7 Y intov its place and this guide member 9 pre- Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofa presser foot vents displacement-of the thread during 0pand the embroidering device attached thereoration. 1' to. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same. Fig. What Iclaim is Z 3 is a. front elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a An attachment for sewing machines com- 20 plan view of the'same. Fig. 5 is a frontelevaprising a thin metal body portion adapted to 5 tion of the guide and holder. 7 extend across the bifurcation of the presser Similar characters of reference are used to foot of a sewing machine on the upper side of indicate the same parts throughout the sevthe presser foot, a member on theunder side vi w ofthe body port-ion adapted to clamp-on the I 5 The resser-foot 1 of ordinary type is under side of the presserfoohsaid body porshown in the drawings. The presser foot 1 tion having a thread receiving groove extendhas the usual longtoe 2 and the short toe 3 ing across it on its upper side, which groove i anda slot- 4h' The attachment consists of a defines a rib on the und'er side of the body single piece of metal which is provided with portion, said rib being adapted to extend into 30 aclamping-member5 for engaging the longer "the bifurcation of the p resser foot and a" toe 2 of the Presser-foot. The attachment is tongue on the body portion extending crosspreferably made o-fsteeisothat the Clzllnpll'lg" WlSG of said groove. p f J 7 member 5 will engage'a p-resser-iimt ot'any In testimonywhereof,I set my hand, this 3 ordinary construction, some resser-foot bc- 27th day of March, 1924.

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